Biden raises firefighter pay as U.S. braces for wildfires
- Thread starter BeachBum Unreal
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less than $13/hour to fight fires?!
Hard fukking work too and people get hurt or die all the time (not even necessarily in fire - from falling down hills, getting hit by trees, crashing on sketchy roads to/from sites, etc.)
The only upside is that if you're really on a fire then I think you get paid round-the-clock even when sleeping so the overtime is pretty incredible. But they deserve it cause they are out there in the shyt around the clock. And when they're not on a fire, sometimes they can goes weeks without work, just waiting. With global warming that might be less of a problem now.
What does it say about Americans(if anything) that we’ll work these jobs for low pay, but wont pick fruit/ag labor for even higher wages…
This is great though.
This is great though.
Domingo Halliburton
Handmade in USA
California doesnt have enough inmates for free wildfire fighting because they released them all due to covid so now they realize they have to pay people
They aren't as low payed as you'd think, but they deserve the raise.What does it say about Americans(if anything) that we’ll work these jobs for low pay, but wont pick fruit/ag labor for even higher wages…
This is great though.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
If women were at home where they belonged we wouldn't need firefighters because homemakers could rake and vacuum the forests like they used to.
Domingo Halliburton
Handmade in USA
I wasnt joking it's a a real story. Look up LA county
What does it say about Americans(if anything) that we’ll work these jobs for low pay, but wont pick fruit/ag labor for even higher wages…
This is great though.
First off, the #'s for staffing firefighting are 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than the #'s needed to staff agriculture. Somewhere around 0.1% of agricultural workers could fulfill the entire low-level forest firefighter demand.
Second, I don't think agricultural work is higher wages than firefighting. Look what I said about the hours worked. If you're out there fighting a real fire for a week or more, you're getting paid 24 hours a day which results in a ridiculous amount of overtime pay. It's completely justified cause they have to be out there 24/7 and it's a really hard life for that week, but you can't compare the pay just hour to hour.
Also, of course, there are people who will do those jobs despite the risks and low pay out of a sense of adventure, a love of the wilderness, or the feeling that they're doing a good deed and saving homes and lives. It's a bit tougher to maintain that energy while picking tomatoes unless you have incredible mental fortitude.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
I knew you weren't kidding but my point is that maybe we shouldn't rely on Big Government
Spidey Man
Superstar
What does it say about Americans(if anything) that we’ll work these jobs for low pay, but wont pick fruit/ag labor for even higher wages…
This is great though.
Nobody makes movies about the brave strawberry picker that runs into burning buildings to save children.
It's a dangerous job, but they can do a lot of good.
We have federal fire fighters?
We also have DOD firefighters.
